Lettering-pen.



W. E. WORTH.

LETTERING PEN.

APPLICAHON FILED MAR. 11. 1914.

Patented Apr. 20, 119115.

W/f/was as i a one ments in Lettering-Pens, of which the fol? lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to lettering pens and has for its principal object to provide in a lettering pen a en stock and holder having in connection t erewith an open ink reservoir or pocket and adapted to receive, detachably and interchangeably, lettering pen points of diflerent sizes, and to hold them in communication with the ink reservoir or pocket, thus making it possible-to use pen points of various sizes with the same holder and ink reservoir, and also to quickly and easily detach the pen point for purposes of cleaning it and the ink reservoir, thus greatly facilitating this cleaning operation which'is an objectionable feature with lettering pens now in use.

Lettering pens are now made in various sizes, and are sold in sets, each pen, however, being complete in itself, including stock or handle. The en points are not detachable from the in]? reservoir or cup, and are, therefore, very dificult to clean. By means of my improvement, one holder only, with its ink reservoir, is required, and only the pen points are made in sets of varying sizes and all fitted to the same holding device and ink reservoir.

In order that others ma fully understand m invention, l have s own one practical em odiment thereof in the accompanying sheet of drawings, which I will now de-' scribe.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lettering pen embodying my inventionyFig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, with, a portion of the stock broken away; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof with a portion of the stock broken away; Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of a pen havin a smaller point; Fig. 6 is an edge or side view thereof.

In the embodiment of the invention here shown for purposes of illustration, 1 designates the stock or handle, 2 a pen holding device with ink reservoir therein, and 3 a lettering pen, said letterin pen being detachably secured to the holding device 3 by means of 'a little thumb screw 4. The pen holder proper, as here shown, comprises the stock or handle 1 and the holding device 2, made separate and secured together, the holding device having formed therein an open spoon-like ink reservoir 2, into which the ink is placed in the'same ma'nner that is put into a ruling pen. The outer end of the holdin device, this being the delivery end of the in reservoir, is ada ted to form hpeelfleatton of ltettera Patent. Patented Apr. fill, ll a lication filed mama ii, 1am. rial a. ataa.

a seat for the lettering pen 3, 1n this form the end being cut out ti-shape, as indicated at 2", Fig. 3, and the pen is adapted to fit snugly therein, substantially in the manner shown.

The pens 3, as here shown, have flat bodies made tapering at one end and terminate in a writing point, bent to an angle, preferably, as at 3*. These pens may be of any desired size and form, at their writing ends, while the bodies are standardized and all adapted to one holding device and reservoir.

The pen points are split through their ends, as indicated, and are formed at the angle to be seated in the end of the holding device. The body of the pens 3 are slotted at their rear ends, as at 3", whereb to be inserted under the head of the thum nut 4, as indicated. Thus it is only necessary to slightly loosen said thumb nut f and withdraw the pen from the holder,-making it very easy to change one pen for another, and to clean both the pen and the ink reservoir or cup 2.

ll am aware that slight changes can be made in the invention as here illustrated without departing from the spirit thereof, and l do not, therefore, limit the invention to the showing made, except as l may be limited b the hereto appended claims.

What claim is 1. In a lettering pen, a pen holding body having a spoon-like ink reservoir formed therein with its extreme end shaped to seat a pen thereacross at an angle thereto, and a-pen having a body detachably secured to said holding body and having its end formed into a round, split writing portion bent to an angle with its body and seated across said reservoir at an angle thereto and extending beyond the reservoir, substantially as described.

2. ln a lettering pen, in combination. a pen holding member provided with an ink reservoir, and a letterin pen having a round, split writing en and detachably scribed compris ng a stock or handle,

on holding member at an. angle thereto wit its split portion positioned to receive ink from said reservoir.

3. A'lettering pen ofthe character dea pen holding device havin formed therein a spoon-like reservoir wlth cut *out to form a seat -tEer a lettering pen, and a lettering pen hav: a body portion mounted across said overlying said reservoir wlth means for detachably securing it to said holding device and provided with arounded writing end seated across and projecting beyond the discharge end of said reservoir, substantially as described.

wenangle and its discharge end reservoir, substantiall 4 In a lettering pen, in combination with the stock or'handle, a combination pen'holdng device and ink reservoir, "and a pen havmg. a rounded, splituwriting end detachably mounted thereon with its writing end bent seated in intersecting relationship with the discharge end of said ink as described. Signed at Portlan Multnomah county, Oregon, this 28th day of February, 1914.

WILLIAM E. WORTH.

presence of' G. M. BABTHOLD, Anrnnn P. DOBSON. 

